MediaTek Helio G81 vs HiSilicon Kirin 970
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex A734x 1.84 GHz – Cortex A53
Frequency
2000 MHz
2360 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
12 nm
10 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
512 KB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
0
Transistor count
-
5.5
TDP
-
9 W
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G52 MP2
Mali-G72 MP12
GPU frequency
950 MHz
768 MHz
Shading units
24
18
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Execution units
-
12
DirectX version
-
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1800 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
13.41 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Yes
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
3120 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture
2K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
32 bit@384 kHz, HD-audio
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Yes
Connectivity
5G support
No
No
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
5.4
4.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
4G support
-
LTE Cat. 18
Download speed
-
Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 150 Mbps
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
262,145
355,946
Geekbench 6
420
386
Geekbench 6
1,391
1,377
FP32 (float)
91
331